Brahms’ Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2 is one of his most beloved miniatures, praised by Clara Schumann for its “multitude of emotions in the most compact form” and described by musicologist Philipp Spitta as a work that reveals its depth “slowly, in silence and solitude.”
Martin James Bartlett, winner of the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year and a Warner Classics artist since 2019, brings fresh sensitivity to this late Brahms gem, delivering an intimate and expressive performance that highlights the piece’s lyrical warmth and quiet melancholy.
